Carlswerk machine factory
The machine factory Carlswerk is a former machine factory in the district of Mägdesprung belonging to the town of Harzgerode in Saxony-Anhalt . The preserved buildings of the plant are under monument protection and are used as a museum.
location
It is located east of the center of Mägdesprung in the Selketal . The Selke runs immediately south of the plant . It is registered as a machine factory in the local register of monuments.
Architecture and history
The plant was founded in 1827 by the mountain rider Johann Ludwig Carl Zincken . The name Carlswerk, which was used when the company was founded, also goes back to him. The oldest preserved building is made of basalt shale in drywall technology built mill . In the period around 1840 a forge was built as a half-timbered building with a sloping roof . The forge was accessed from the north-facing side of the road. Some of the original furnishing elements such as the stove and forge have been preserved.
In the middle of the 19th century it was converted into a machine factory. A brick building was built in the arched style. The gable is staggered. On the upper floor there are coupled windows in which iron columns are set in the middle. The facade is structured by pilaster strips and cornices . In this building, too, parts of the original equipment including historical machines have been preserved.
The monument also includes a forged neo-Gothic plot of land.
literature
- Falko Grubitzsch in: Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments . Saxony-Anhalt. Volume 1: Ute Bednarz, Folkhard Cremer and others: Magdeburg administrative region. Revision. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich et al. 2002, ISBN 3-422-03069-7 , page 526.
- State Office for the Preservation of Monuments of Saxony-Anhalt (Ed.): List of monuments in Saxony-Anhalt. Volume 7.2: Falko Grubitzsch, with the participation of Winfried Korf and Theo Gosselke: Quedlinburg district. Halle 2007, ISBN 978-3-86568-072-3 , page 165.
Web links
- Carlswerk Ironworks Museum . In: Harzgerode.de , accessed on May 11, 2014
Coordinates: 51 ° 40 ′ 6 ″ N , 11 ° 8 ′ 0.1 ″ E